IMMIGRATION & WINGNUT RADIO

I've been listening to the wingnuts (Hannity, Boortz, Gallagher, Limbaugh, and others) go on and on about how unpopular the new immigration bill is and, foolish me, I beleived them. Once again, they're WRONG:

Immigration Bill Provisions Gain Wide Support in Poll
By JULIA PRESTON and MARJORIE CONNELLY
Published: May 25, 2007
NY Times


As opponents from the right and left challenge an immigration bill before Congress, there is broad support among Americans — Democrats, Republicans and independents alike — for the major provisions in the legislation, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.

Taking a pragmatic view on a divisive issue, a large majority of Americans want to change the immigration laws to allow illegal immigrants to gain legal status and to create a new guest worker program to meet future labor demands, the poll found.